Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #294 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vndertakeundertake

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 1,106 times in 410 works
Consistency: 99.5% (1,106 of 1,111)
Reach if approved: ~1,167 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: undertake
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,111 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,106 changes in 410 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… yea vpon God himself whether he wil or no? Is not this presūptuously to vndertakeundertake to teach the spirit of God? and to take away his office / which (as …
With rule
… yea vpon God himself whether he wil or no? Is not this presūptuously to vndertakeundertake to teach the spirit of God? and to take away his office / which (as …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
Be it farre from the, soch rygoure to vndertakeundertake.
With rule
Be it farre from the, soch rygoure to vndertakeundertake.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatnesse of thy mercy, Neh. 13. 22. and they haue also cause of feare before they vndertakeundertake them, nay it is not possible we should do any good duty well, vnlesse …
With rule
… greatnesse of thy mercy, Neh. 13. 22. and they haue also cause of feare before they vndertakeundertake them, nay it is not possible we should do any good duty well, vnlesse …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 464 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without the ſigne of the Croſſe or any ſuch like myſticall rite, and to vndertakeundertake a Miniſtery (being called thervnto of the Church) without the authority of a Dioceſan …
With rule
… without the ſigne of the Croſſe or any ſuch like myſticall rite, and to vndertakeundertake a Miniſtery (being called thervnto of the Church) without the authority of a Dioceſan …
Henry Jacob · A Christian and Modest Offer · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to deale with you in your owne question, if you in like manner will vndertakeundertake the like taske in your owne defence, and maintaine the affirmatiue in the like …
With rule
… to deale with you in your owne question, if you in like manner will vndertakeundertake the like taske in your owne defence, and maintaine the affirmatiue in the like …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
I haue therefore thought it good to vndertakeundertake this poore paines and labour, both of combining and chaining together, the texts culled …
With rule
I haue therefore thought it good to vndertakeundertake this poore paines and labour, both of combining and chaining together, the texts culled …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Gardiner. Doe worldlings consult the Preacher, concerning their vsurious trade before they vndertakeundertake it? Doe Gallants aduise with him, before they meet in Aceldama, the field of …
With rule
… of the Gardiner. Doe worldlings consult the Preacher, concerning their vsurious trade before they vndertakeundertake it? Doe Gallants aduise with him, before they meet in Aceldama, the field of …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or to sel: to iourney by Sea or by Lande, to make peace, to vndertakeundertake warre, or to marry. These also did take vpon them to shew vnto euer …
With rule
… or to sel: to iourney by Sea or by Lande, to make peace, to vndertakeundertake warre, or to marry. These also did take vpon them to shew vnto euer …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

Printed
VndertakeUndertake such causes as they suppose to bee euill. Prou. 21. 6.
With rule
VndertakeUndertake such causes as they suppose to bee euill. Prou. 21. 6.
George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader